At Buckingham Fountain

Back on the Segway trail, we see a shot of Buckingham Fountain as we look north, back toward Millennium Park and the Prudential Building, once the tallest building in Chicago. Then turning to the left and looking west away from the lake and into the downtown skyline. It is still a bit hard for me to call the tallest building anything but Sears Tower!

SUNDAY POSTER

Segway

I took one more look at the baffles that soar above the Pritzker stage, this time loving the shadows from the rigging in the sky. And then I was learning how to stand on the Segway, push with the toes to move forward and with the heels to stop, and off we went.
Here I am on my vehicle, posing at Buckingham Fountain.

Pritzker Pavilion

I took my closest look at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, the highly-regarded outdoor music theater at the east side of Millennium Park. I was headed around it and looked at the soaring sculpture that serves to help baffle noise and promote acoustical clarity.

I was almost to the start of the Segway Tour of the lakefront.

Millennium Park

I walked through Millennium Park on the road, though stretching the concept a bit. I had done a regular shoot in the morning in Naperville, and I was on the way to another shoot. The stretching comes in because the "other shoot" was on a personal fun trip, which will be the subject of some days coming up in this blog.

Meantime, here are two of the staples of the park, the fountain with the photos and the beautiful shape often called "The Bean," actually named "Cloud Gate." In this image it looks less like a bean than it looks like a silver egg in an evergreen nest.

Flora

Some views of the interesting plant life at Crabtree Nature Center. One of them looks for all the world like a cactus, though it is not one.

Wildlife More Than Welcome

Loved the 'YIELD' sign which spelled out the relationship between the wildlife and the human guests at Crabtree Nature Center. It really specified and underlined the commitment to the wildlife and made the location a special place to relax and enjoy nature.